Education Officer • 2019 • Technical Paper-III
Find the missing pair.
PBL : NDJ :: UCR : ?
A)
SEP
B)
SEO
C)
SEN
D)
SFO
Each letter is shifted back two places: UCR→SEN.
Education Officer • 2019 • Technical Paper-III
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H are eight girls who are sitting around a octagonal enclosure facing the centre. B is sitting between G and D. H is third to the left of B and second to the right of a. C is sitting between A and G, B and E are not sitting opposite to each other, who is sitting third to the left of D?
A)
H
B)
G
C)
F
D)
E
Solving the circular arrangement places E third to the left of D.
Education Officer • 2019 • Technical Paper-III
The Union budget allocation for education in 2019 is:
A)
Rs 94,854 crore (3.4%)
B)
Rs 85850 crore (3%)
C)
Rs103000 crore (3.6%)
D)
Rs 115450 crore (4.1%)
The cited 2019 education allocation was Rs 94,854 crore (about 3.4%).
Education Officer • 2019 • Technical Paper-III
In Mizoram, the National Foundation for Teachers’ Welfare provides funds for:
A)
Teachers and their family members
B)
Upgrading the teaching aids in govt. schools
C)
Organize training programs for teachers
D)
None of the above
The National Foundation for Teachers’ Welfare provides welfare assistance to teachers and families.
Education Officer • 2019 • Technical Paper-III
The Grants-in-Aids under the Mizoram Education (Grants·-in-Aid for General Maintenance of Private School) Rules 2006 does not apply to:
A)
Private Higher Secondary Schools in Autonomous Districts Council
B)
Private High Schools in Autonomous Districts Council
C)
Private Middle Schools in Autonomous Districts Council
D)
None of these
The 2006 rules exclude Private Middle Schools in Autonomous District Council areas.
Education Officer • 2019 • Technical Paper-III
A Bureaucratic administration is characterized by:
A)
The freedom and flexibility it provides to the employees
B)
The ability to create new ideas and research
C)
Lack of rules and regulations
D)
Streamlining and smooth functioning of various tasks
Bureaucratic administration emphasizes structured and standardized functioning.
Education Officer • 2019 • Technical Paper-III
Who advocated Bureaucratic Theory?
A)
Campbell
B)
Herzberg
C)
Henry Fayol
D)
Max Weber
Max Weber is associated with bureaucratic theory.
Education Officer • 2019 • Technical Paper-III
Budgeting is an estimation of:
A)
Income and investment
B)
Investment
C)
Income and expenditure
D)
All of these
A budget estimates income and expenditure.
Education Officer • 2019 • Technical Paper-III
If school evaluation aims to improve effectiveness of teachers and teaching, monitoring aims to improve:
A)
Efficiency of teachers and teaching
B)
Punctuality of teachers
C)
Responsibility and accountability of teachers
D)
Spending pattern of the school
Monitoring is aimed primarily at improving efficiency of ongoing processes.
Education Officer • 2019 • Technical Paper-III
Which of the following organizations deals with capacity building Education planning?
A)
NCERT
B)
UGC
C)
NAAC
D)
NUEPA
NUEPA deals with educational planning and administration capacity building.
Education Officer • 2019 • Technical Paper-III
Students not eligible for the National Means-Cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS) are:
A)
Students belonging to ST/SC/OBC category
B)
Students belonging to economically weaker sections of the society
C)
Student of Kendriya Vidalayas and “Jawahar Vavodaya Vidlayas”
D)
Students studying in private institutions
Kendriya Vidyalaya and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya students are excluded from NMMSS.
Education Officer • 2019 • Technical Paper-III
Types of supervision encouraging variety, originality and independent experimentation is:
A)
Preventive
B)
Corrective
C)
Creative
D)
Construction
Creative supervision encourages originality and experimentation.
Education Officer • 2019 • Technical Paper-III
The proportion of School Management Committee members amongst parents and guardians of school children in Mizoram should be:
A)
Fifty percent
B)
Twenty-Five percent
C)
Seventy-Five percent
D)
None of these
Parents/guardians comprise 75% of the SMC in the cited Mizoram framework.
Education Officer • 2019 • Technical Paper-III
The Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Programme for girl’s education was launched on:
A)
22 January 2015
B)
5 November 2014
C)
12 June 2017
D)
1 July 2015
Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao launched on 22 January 2015.
Education Officer • 2019 • Technical Paper-III
Find the one word for- One who sacrifices his life for a cause
A)
Patriot
B)
soldier
C)
Martyr
D)
revolutionary
A martyr is one who sacrifices life for a cause.
Education Officer • 2019 • Technical Paper-III
Find the opposite or near opposite meaning of the bold word.
An apt Student
A)
Clever
B)
average
C)
Intelligent
D)
bright
Apt means suitable; “average” is the closest opposite among the choices.
Education Officer • 2019 • Technical Paper-III
Which of the following can be categorized under ‘recurring expenditure’ in schools?
A)
Salary of teachers
B)
Merit scholarship awards for students
C)
Construction of school auditorium
D)
Purchase of classroom whiteboard
Teachers’ salaries are recurring expenditure.
Education Officer • 2019 • Technical Paper-III
The grounds on which discrimination against admission to schools is not constitutionally prohibited:
A)
Religion
B)
Sex
C)
Nationality
D)
Place of Birth
Nationality is not among the stated prohibited grounds in the cited school-admission provision.
Education Officer • 2019 • Technical Paper-III
Find the missing number in the sequence.
30, 68, 130, 222, (?), 520, 738
A)
420
B)
350
C)
250
D)
280
The intended pattern gives 420 as the missing term.
Education Officer • 2019 • Technical Paper-III
An educational administration should have the following quality:
A)
Understand the individual personalities of his colleagues and subordinates
B)
Should ensure he takes up all the difficult tasks and responsibilities
C)
Develop policies and procedures based on his own expert judgement alone
D)
Should take up the primary responsibility in all educational activities
Understanding colleagues’ personalities helps an administrator work effectively.
Education Officer • 2019 • Technical Paper-III
When planning an observation visit to schools, a supervisor should:
A)
Try to visit the same school frequently
B)
Organise the observation team in large units
C)
Ask the teachers to prepare their lessons to be observed
D)
Set aside some time for meeting and discussion with the various school staffs
Observation visits should include time for discussion with school staff.
Education Officer • 2019 • Technical Paper-III
The first step in planning a supervision programme is:
A)
Making improvements in the school system
B)
Developing a programme of action
C)
Selection of problems requiring attention
D)
Formulation of aims and objectives
Supervision starts by selecting/identifying problems needing attention.
Education Officer • 2019 • Technical Paper-III
Elementary and secondary school teachers must be posted in Category D schools at least once in:
A)
12 years
B)
15 years
C)
18 years
D)
20 years
Category D posting is required at least once in 15 years under the cited policy.
Education Officer • 2019 • Technical Paper-III
The administrative functions of a supervisor includes:
A)
Preparation of instructional materials
B)
Conducting surveys, research and experimentation
C)
Evaluating and assessment of student’s achievement
D)
Sanction and payment of grants and remuneration
Grant/remuneration sanction and payment is an administrative function.
Education Officer • 2019 • Technical Paper-III
Authoritarian model of educational management is more suitable for achieving:
A)
Confidence among the staff
B)
Improvement among the staff
C)
Better morale among the staff
D)
Discipline among the staff
Authoritarian administration is oriented toward discipline and control.
